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Tractatus de Globis Et Eorum Usu. a Treatise Descriptive of the Globes Constructed by Emery Molyneux: And Published in 1592, by Robert Hues. with 'Sai
ISBN: 9781409413462 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The text is edited, with 'Annotated Indices and an Introduction'. In addition to the treatise, the volume contains 'Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar, from a 15th Century MS' which originally appeared as Volume 79(b) in the series. The two sets of directions were originally bound together but separately paginated. The first contains the text of the 1638 English translation, A learned treatise of globes by John Chilmead (but 'usually attributed to Edmund Chilmead with apparent corrections'); the title-page of the Latin original...
The text is edited, with 'Annotated Indices and an Introduction'. In addition to the treatise, the volume contains 'Sailing Directions for the Circumn...
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Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa
ISBN: 9781535807746 / Angielski / Miękka / 1876 / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Travels in Peru and India: While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction Into India
ISBN: 9781108046718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 618 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sir Clements Robert Markham (1830 1916) had a lifelong interest in Peru. Having already travelled there in his early twenties, he was commissioned to return ten years later to supervise the collection of sufficient specimens of the cinchona tree for its introduction to India. The bark of the tree yielded quinine, by then a well-known febrifuge and one of the few effective treatments for malaria. This book, originally published in 1862, is Markham's personal account of his travels. His story moves from the misty heights of the Peruvian mountains, where he suffered from altitude sickness, to...
Sir Clements Robert Markham (1830 1916) had a lifelong interest in Peru. Having already travelled there in his early twenties, he was commissioned to ...
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Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career
ISBN: 9781108012867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 121 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Amerigo Vespucci (1454 1512) was an Italian explorer who became a controversial figure. He made several voyages to South America between 1499 and 1502, and wrote accounts of these...
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first se...
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The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I
ISBN: 9781409413240 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A revised edition of First Series1 above, edited, with an Introduction, along with narratives of the voyages of Sir Richard Hawkins' grandfather William, of his father Sir John, and of his cousin William Hawkins, from manuscripts and printed editions. The supplementary material consists of the 1878 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1878.
A revised edition of First Series1 above, edited, with an Introduction, along with narratives of the voyages of Sir Richard Hawkins' grandfather Willi...
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The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622
ISBN: 9781409413301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606: Volume I
ISBN: 9781409413813 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta: Reprinted from the English Translated Edition of Edward Grimeston, 1604 Volum
ISBN: 9781409413288 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the previous volume (First Series 60) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1880.
Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the previous volume (First Series 60) is continuo...
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Book of the Knowledge of All the Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships That Are in the World: And the Arms and Devices of Each Land and Lordship, or of the K
ISBN: 9781409413967 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Translation of the Libro del Conoscimiento de todos los reynos. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1912.
Translation of the Libro del Conoscimiento de todos los reynos. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1912.
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Reports on the Discovery of Peru
ISBN: 9781108010610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Hakluyt Society volume (1872) contains four eye-witness accounts of the Spanish conquest of Peru, in English translation.
This Hakluyt Society volume (1872) contains four eye-witness accounts of the Spanish conquest of Peru, in English translation.
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The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies: With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century,
ISBN: 9781409413233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The abstracts relate to the voyages of Keeling and Hawkins, Sharpie, Sir Henry Middleton, Thomas Love, Nicholas Downton, and Ralph Cross. With a calendar of ships' journals of the seventeenth century and a list of ships employed by the East India Company in the same period. For a revised edition of the Lancaster voyages, see Second Series 85. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1877.
The abstracts relate to the voyages of Keeling and Hawkins, Sharpie, Sir Henry Middleton, Thomas Love, Nicholas Downton, and Ralph Cross. With a calen...
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Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa to the Straits of Magellan
ISBN: 9781409413585 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1895.
The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annua...
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The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society
ISBN: 9781108004602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1881, the Royal Geographical Society published a brief history of its formation and work to mark its fiftieth anniversary.
In 1881, the Royal Geographical Society published a brief history of its formation and work to mark its fiftieth anniversary.
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Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas
ISBN: 9781108010603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Hakluyt volume (1873) contains accounts of the rites and laws of the Incas, dating from 1570 to 1620.
This Hakluyt volume (1873) contains accounts of the rites and laws of the Incas, dating from 1570 to 1620.
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Civil Wars in Peru, the War of Las Salinas, by Pedro de Cieza de León
ISBN: 9781409414216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Book I of Cieza's chronicle, translated, with an introduction. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 31 and 42. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1923.
Book I of Cieza's chronicle, translated, with an introduction. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 3...
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The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta: Reprinted from the English Translated Edition of Edward Grimeston, 1604 Volum
ISBN: 9781409413271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the following volume (First Series 61) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1880.
Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the following volume (First Series 61) is continu...
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The Royal Geographical Society and the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76: A Report
ISBN: 9781108049719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The enthusiasm of Sir Clements R. Markham (1830 1916) for travel and exploration started early and took him around the world. Originally a naval officer, he was later responsible for organising the geographical mapping of much of India, and brought the method of brewing pure quinine to India from his extensive travels in Peru. An active and influential member of the Hakluyt Society and Royal Geographical Society, Markham was instrumental in gathering support for this 1875 6 Arctic expedition. He gives a clear account of the funding, planning and aims, the execution of the journey, and how the...
The enthusiasm of Sir Clements R. Markham (1830 1916) for travel and exploration started early and took him around the world. Originally a naval offic...
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Travels In Peru And India: While Superintending The Collection Of Chinchona Plants And Seeds In South America, And Their Introduction Into India
ISBN: 9789361384530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology: Reprinted and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fell
ISBN: 9781108050029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The book is divided into two sections: geographical observations by the likes of Admiral Collinson, who led the 1850 expedition in search of John Franklin, and ethnographic observations, including accounts of the Inuit and their language. Unfortunately, it does not include the one piece of...
In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. Th...
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The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci: Documents of his Discoveries, Exploration and Mapping of the New World and South Americas
ISBN: 9780359747078 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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